42 USC § 13291 - General authority

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s13291"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 13291 - General authority"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "13291"
section_name: "General authority"
chapter_number: 134
chapter_name: "ENERGY POLICY"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "ELECTRIC MOTOR VEHICLES"
part_number: "B"
part_name: "Electric Motor Vehicle Infrastructure and Support Systems Development Program"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 102–486, title VI, § 621, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2904.)"
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# § 13291. General authority

**(a)** **Program** The Secretary shall undertake a program with one or more non-Federal persons, including fleet operators, for cost-shared research, development, demonstration, or commercial application of an infrastructure and support systems program.

**(b)** **Eligibility** A non-Federal person shall be eligible to receive financial assistance under this part only if such person demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the Secretary, that the person will conduct a substantial portion of activities under the project in the United States using domestic labor and materials.

**(c)** **Coordination** Activities under this part shall be coordinated with activities under part A.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 102–486, title VI, § 621, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2904.)